Mark Robinson, North Redondo Beach
about 4 years ago
Dear RB Mayor and Council,
I would like to bring your attention to issues pertaining to the hand-launch dock in King Harbor, to the west of Seaside Lagoon. This dock is currently used by rental companies and personal watercraft owners to launch crafts by hand. These primarily include kayaks and standup paddleboards (SUP), which have been very popular during the pandemic.
The current actual dock usage poses hazards for all users of the dock. The primiary issues are not with rental companies, who generally do a good job of keeping the dock clear of rental watercraft, allowing watercraft owners to launch and exit the water. However, the dock and areas immediately surrounding the dock are heavily utilized by swimmers, who jump and dive off of the dock, as well as crowd and hold onto the dock from the water, preventing those wanting to launch watercraft or return them from the water to wait for space on and around the dock. The potential for boaters coming into contact with bathers utlizing the dock is very high, and could result in significant bodily injury.
The questions that I would like to pose to the council are the following:
1) Are loitering on and diving from the hand-launch dock currently permitted?
2) Is it currently permitted to congregate in the water in the immmediate vicinity of the dock, blocking access to and from the dock by boaters?
3) If the answer is "no" to all or some of the above questions, is there adequate signage regarding proper and/or improper usage of the dock?
4) If these dock uses are improper, how can enforcement be achieved to protect the swimming and boating public, and allow for reasonable access to the harbor and ocean by boaters?
I am writing this comment as a resident of the South Bay and member of Street Watch LA: South Bay. I am writing in support of the proposed pallet housing project, as we support all forms of services that are useful to our unhoused neighbors. It is heartening to hear that Redondo Beach is stepping up as leaders in the South Bay in actually proposing housing solutions for the unhoused. We discourage the city from resuming any forms of criminalization of poverty and houselessness. People are complex and so are their needs, unhoused people are no different. Not all services work for everyone. I personally know two unhoused people whose jobs make it so traditional shelters with their night time curfews are unusable for them. These pallet houses will undoubtedly improve the lives of many people who are suffering in your city tonight, but they should not be seen as an excuse to resume the criminalization of unhoused people’s existence who they aren’t helpful for. Please know there are many people in your community who care deeply about our unhoused neighbors and who want to live in cities that help them with services and not sweep them away or criminalize their poverty.
Please house our Redondo Beach homeless. We need to tale take of the most vulnerable of our population. Please listen to the groups talking to you this evening to do so in an appropriate manner! Thank you. We are only as strong as our most vulnerable
Please stand with the people of this city to defend equality under our constitution and reject State Measure 16. State Measure 16 would amend our constitution and allow the state government to discriminate between Californians based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
Californians overwhelmingly reject State Measure 16. A poll of 1,704 California residents released on September 16 by the Public Policy Institute of California showed voters opposed to State Measure 16 by huge margins. Eighty percent of voters have decided how to vote, and 60% of voters who have decided are opposed to State Measure 16.
Californians in every area of the state reject State Measure 16. In Los Angeles 53% of voters who have decided how to vote are opposed to State Measure 16.
Please join us in defending California’s unity and equality. Don’t divide us. Don’t amend our constitution to allow the state government to discriminate between Californians based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
Dear RB Mayor and Council,
I would like to bring your attention to issues pertaining to the hand-launch dock in King Harbor, to the west of Seaside Lagoon. This dock is currently used by rental companies and personal watercraft owners to launch crafts by hand. These primarily include kayaks and standup paddleboards (SUP), which have been very popular during the pandemic.
The current actual dock usage poses hazards for all users of the dock. The primiary issues are not with rental companies, who generally do a good job of keeping the dock clear of rental watercraft, allowing watercraft owners to launch and exit the water. However, the dock and areas immediately surrounding the dock are heavily utilized by swimmers, who jump and dive off of the dock, as well as crowd and hold onto the dock from the water, preventing those wanting to launch watercraft or return them from the water to wait for space on and around the dock. The potential for boaters coming into contact with bathers utlizing the dock is very high, and could result in significant bodily injury.
The questions that I would like to pose to the council are the following:
1) Are loitering on and diving from the hand-launch dock currently permitted?
2) Is it currently permitted to congregate in the water in the immmediate vicinity of the dock, blocking access to and from the dock by boaters?
3) If the answer is "no" to all or some of the above questions, is there adequate signage regarding proper and/or improper usage of the dock?
4) If these dock uses are improper, how can enforcement be achieved to protect the swimming and boating public, and allow for reasonable access to the harbor and ocean by boaters?
Thank you for your consideration.
Mark Robinson
Redondo Beach Resident
Dear Redondo Beach City Council
I am writing this comment as a resident of the South Bay and member of Street Watch LA: South Bay. I am writing in support of the proposed pallet housing project, as we support all forms of services that are useful to our unhoused neighbors. It is heartening to hear that Redondo Beach is stepping up as leaders in the South Bay in actually proposing housing solutions for the unhoused. We discourage the city from resuming any forms of criminalization of poverty and houselessness. People are complex and so are their needs, unhoused people are no different. Not all services work for everyone. I personally know two unhoused people whose jobs make it so traditional shelters with their night time curfews are unusable for them. These pallet houses will undoubtedly improve the lives of many people who are suffering in your city tonight, but they should not be seen as an excuse to resume the criminalization of unhoused people’s existence who they aren’t helpful for. Please know there are many people in your community who care deeply about our unhoused neighbors and who want to live in cities that help them with services and not sweep them away or criminalize their poverty.
Please house our Redondo Beach homeless. We need to tale take of the most vulnerable of our population. Please listen to the groups talking to you this evening to do so in an appropriate manner! Thank you. We are only as strong as our most vulnerable
Dear Council member,
Please stand with the people of this city to defend equality under our constitution and reject State Measure 16. State Measure 16 would amend our constitution and allow the state government to discriminate between Californians based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
Californians overwhelmingly reject State Measure 16. A poll of 1,704 California residents released on September 16 by the Public Policy Institute of California showed voters opposed to State Measure 16 by huge margins. Eighty percent of voters have decided how to vote, and 60% of voters who have decided are opposed to State Measure 16.
Californians in every area of the state reject State Measure 16. In Los Angeles 53% of voters who have decided how to vote are opposed to State Measure 16.
Please join us in defending California’s unity and equality. Don’t divide us. Don’t amend our constitution to allow the state government to discriminate between Californians based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
Emily Mason